{"id":496619,"date":"2019-08-01T16:05:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T20:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=496619"},"modified":"2019-08-01T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T20:09:27","slug":"football-supercomputer-premier-league-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/08\/01\/football-supercomputer-premier-league-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Supercomputer Predicts 2019\/2020 Premier League Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The start of the English Premier League will soon be upon us and people are eagerly waiting. The transfer window has again been very interesting and fans have already started guessing what the final positions of their clubs will be.<\/p>\n<h2>Football Supercomputer Predicts Premier League Table<\/h2>\n<h3>A BT Sport Study<\/h3>\n<p>It is impossible to predict the Premier League\u2019s outcome. Or is it? After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/fixtures\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full fixture list<\/a> ahead of the upcoming season was unveiled, a football supercomputer revealed the potential final standings.<\/p>\n<p>The study by BT Sport was made by leading data analysts with the help of data from different football statistics. Fixture dates, derbies and past finishing positions were also taken into consideration. The supercomputer not only predicts the final position of every team but also top goal scorers, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/06\/03\/liverpool-player-ratings-after-champions-league-final-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Champions League winners<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n<p>According to the supercomputer, the main contenders for the title will be <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/05\/21\/manchester-city-and-liverpool-can-dominate-the-premier-league-for-years-to-come\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City and Liverpool once again<\/a>. City were victorious by a single point last season and they are now the predicted champions once more.<\/p>\n<p>The computer also estimates that <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/chelseafootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/tottenhamfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> will be the other two teams playing in the Champions League, as <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/manchesterunitedfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/arsenalfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> finish fifth and sixth.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/burnley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burnley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/norwich-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norwich City<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/sheffield-united-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheffield United<\/a>\u00a0are expected to be relegated. The biggest surprises of the probable final league table are that <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newcastle United<\/a> finish eighth\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa<\/a> coming 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, these predictions can\u2019t be absolutely correct. To study how true these guesses are, we decided to compare last season\u2019s supercomputer prediction with the actual table.<\/p>\n<p>Impressively, the supercomputer correctly predicted the 2018\/2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/05\/12\/man-city-win-back-to-back-premier-league-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eventual winners<\/a> and runners-up, as well as two of the three relegated teams. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/02\/28\/relegation-battle-brighton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion narrowly escaped relegation<\/a>, two points in front of 18<sup>th-<\/sup>place <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/cardiff-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The machine was too optimistic for <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/fulham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fulham<\/a> as they finished nine places below their predicted tenth-place spot. Other incorrect guesses were Manchester United finishing third and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/wolves-club-analysis-news-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a> finishing in the second half of the table at 11<sup>th.<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Whatever the actual table is, we are all ready for another interesting Premier League season.<\/p>\n<h3>Supercomputer&#8217;s Predicted Table<\/h3>\n<p>20. Sheffield United (R)<br \/>\n19. Norwich City (R)<br \/>\n18. Burnley (R)<br \/>\n17. Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<br \/>\n16. Aston Villa<br \/>\n15. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/bournemouth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bournemouth<\/a><br \/>\n14. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crystal Palace<\/a><br \/>\n13. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/southampton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southampton<\/a><br \/>\n12. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/watford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watford<\/a><br \/>\n11. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/west-ham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Ham United<\/a><br \/>\n10. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leicester City<\/a><br \/>\n9. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/everton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everton<\/a><br \/>\n8. Newcastle United<br \/>\n7. Wolverhampton Wanderers<br \/>\n6. Arsenal<br \/>\n5. Manchester United<br \/>\n4. Chelsea<br \/>\n3. Tottenham Hotspur<br \/>\n2. Liverpool<br \/>\n1. Manchester City (C)<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"DN1TZgaRSKh0QQ6Yyq1ieQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1142126580\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'DN1TZgaRSKh0QQ6Yyq1ieQ',sig:'4g6h2LMDqbAl30fsnhuCaUbd7BZJFgm7karn-FVrFwM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1142126580',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The start of the English Premier League will soon be upon us and people are eagerly waiting. The transfer window has again been very interesting and fans have already started guessing what the final positions of their clubs will be. 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